Employment inequalities will persist until more industries unionize, argues Adam DK King. www.readthemaple.com/employment-i... #canlab

Job Alert🚨 The Department of Labour Studies is hiring instructors for the Winter 2026 term. LABR2P93 History of the Global Working Class runs from January to April in an online format. Deadline for applications is Nov 18th 11:59pm. Apply here👇 brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/brocku_caree...

Could Canada Post and striking postal workers be close to a deal? www.thestar.com/business/cou... #canlab #cdnpoli

Looking forward to this important discussion on unions and the case for sectoral bargaining. Nov 19 at 7:30PM. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/bigger-tab... #canlab

#BrockU professor Simon Black argues that Mamdani’s campaign commitment to introduce free high-quality child care – while boosting child care workers’ wages to match that of the city’s public school teachers – could be the most transformative. theconversation.com/zohran-mamda... #canlab #1u

Add value to your @brocku.ca degree by co-majoring in Labour Studies. brocku.ca/labourstudies

What happens in Alberta will have implications for public sector labour relations across the country. The right to strike and bargain collectively are rendered meaningless if they can’t be exercised. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #canlab #cdnpoli

Thank you to our Labour Studies grads who returned to #BrockU to discuss their career paths and offer advice to current students. brocku.ca/social-scien...

‘This mailbox is scheduled to be closed.’ Postal workers to deliver mock government notices attacking Liberal MPs www.thestar.com/business/thi... #canlab #cdnpoli

Join us on Wed Nov 19 for this free webinar on sectoral bargaining. www.eventbrite.ca/e/bigger-tab... #canlab

Job action by part-time instructors avoided at Dalhousie University, but labour disputes have become more common in the university sector as a result of inflationary pressures and chronic underfunding. globalnews.ca/video/114882... #cdnpse #canlab

Ontario workers shortchanged nearly $200 million in unpaid wages, according to new report. thestar.com/news/gta/wor... #onpoli #canlab

Is Canada Post doomed, a victim of tech changes and competition that made daily mail delivery irrelevant? Or has the 174-year-old institution been strangled by government policies that limited its chance to compete? @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #canlab

The liberal obsession with means-testing is both dogmatic and dishonest www.lukewsavage.com/p/wealthy-ne...

Unions are strategically leveraging the collective bargaining process to force govts to invest in education. It’s a strategy that’s designed to simultaneously address workload concerns and rally the public in support of teachers. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #canlab #abpoli

Canada Post to ‘adjust operations’ amid rotating strike, mail delivery to resume next week www.thestar.com/business/can... #canlab #cdnpoli

As Canada Post strike drags on, postal workers are faced with some difficult decisions. www.thestar.com/business/as-... #canlab #cdnpoli

The advantages of unionization are obvious, so why don’t more workers join unions? Employer-led union suppression strategies are a key explanatory factor. theconversation.com/the-advantag... #canlab

Labour Studies at @brocku.ca. It's a degree that works. Learn more: brocku.ca/social-scien... #BrockU #canlab #LabourStudies

Toronto’s Albany Club, a bastion of the conservative establishment, used the temporary foreign worker program to hire staff. www.thestar.com/politics/fed... #canlab #cdnpoli

Don’t hold your breath for that letter. Experts say #CanadaPost strike could be a long one. www.thestar.com/business/don... #canlab #cdnpoli

"In response to the government's attack on our postal service and workers, effective immediately, all CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nationwide strike," CUPW said in a statement.

By imposing these changes without regard for the union's collective agreement, the Liberals are burning bridges with the labour movement faster than an Xpresspost delivery. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #canlab #cdnpoli

The Liberals are handing management at #CanadaPost a battering ram to beat CUPW into submission. I suspect the union won’t go down without a fight. www.thestar.com/business/ott... #cdnpoli #canlab

The 2026 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies takes place June 3-5 in Winnipeg. This year's theme is Solidarity Unbound: Work and Labour in an Age of Intersecting Crises. Check out the CfP for proposal deadlines. cawls.ca/en/2026-annu... #canlab #LabourStudies

Greater unionization rates improve the environment, income equality and public health, according to a new CCPA report. www.readthemaple.com/unions-impro... #canlab

Avi Lewis kicks off #NDP leadership campaign with a call for the party to embrace class-based politics. #canlab #cdnpoli

Canada Post to present new contract offer to postal workers www.thestar.com/business/can... #canlab #cdnpoli

#AirCanada flight attendants overwhelmingly reject tentative deal with the airline www.thestar.com/business/air... #canlab #cdnpoli

A few thoughts on the overwhelming tentative agreement rejection at #AirCanada. 🧵 #canlab 1. The union oversold the tentative agreement by declaring the end of unpaid work. That framing seems to have rubbed some members the wrong way.

Air Canada flight attends vote to reject tentative agreement by over 99%. Now that's a statement. #canlab

As contract vote closes, Air Canada attendants consider rejecting a deal that maintains pay inequality ricochet.media/labour/as-co... via @ricochetmedia.bsky.social #canlab #cdnpoli

Congrats to Rob Kristofferson and @stephross.bsky.social on the launch of their new edited collection: The Art of Solidarity: Labour Arts & Heritage in Canada btlbooks.com/book/the-art... #canlab

Jump-start your future career with Labour Studies collaborative programs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=keM1... #BrockU #cdnpse

Ottawa may need to change its intervention strategy in the wake of the #AirCanada strike. @eidlin.bsky.social and I weigh in on what may come next. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/aft... #cdnpoli #canlab

🚨 New publication 🚨 With @pgraefe.bsky.social & @sjkiss.bsky.social in @csa-scs.bsky.social Does the public sector vote differently and hold differing political attitudes than the general public? Available #OpenAccess #polisky doi.org/10.1111/cars...

New publication by #BrockU professors @alisonbraley.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social "Academic Staff Associations and Vaccination Mandates in the Canadian University Sector" www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ri... #canlab #cdnpse

"...observers of the Canadian labour movement do not expect this momentum to last. In fact, they say the macroeconomic climate of lower inflation and rising economic uncertainty has chilled union militancy in Canada and cast a cloud of fear over workers." www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

I’m back in the Star today with a new piece on how striking Air Canada flight attendants successfully called Ottawa's bluff — and set a potentially significant precedent in industrial relations that may soon have important political implications as well: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

It's been quite a media week. After 40+ interviews about Air Canada flight attendants, I wanted to weigh in on an issue that was less addressed: Air Canada’s weak management www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Canada Post union makes counter-offer as negotiations with Crown corporation continue www.thestar.com/business/can... #canlab #cdnpoli

When governments stack the deck in favour of employers, unions are going to resist. Workers are going to use their leverage to insist on negotiated settlements, even if that means ignoring the law. globalnews.ca/video/113417... #canlab #cdnpoli #AirCanada

How an act of defiance by #AirCanada flight attendants was a win for labour rights. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #canlab #cdnpoli

What do we learn from the Air Canada strike? See my CTV interview. review.bellmedia.ca/view/1665101...

LABR 1P94: Workplace Rights and Equity #LabourStudies #BrockU

Workers defying back-to-work orders shows growing mistrust of a system stacked against them. Govt bias fuels militancy and pushes unions beyond legal labour action. My comments in @thestar.com #canlab #aircanadastrike #aircanadaflightattendants @cupescfp.bsky.social www.thestar.com/business/air...

CUPE flight attendants defied a Section 107 back-to-work order, forced #AirCanada back to the bargaining table, and successfully bargained a tentative agreement. A new page of Canadian labour history has been written today. cbc.ca/player/play/... #cndpoli #canlab

CUPE's strategy appears to be working, as Air Canada has returned to the bargaining table. ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... #canlab #aircanadaflightattendants

Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order. “This is the natural result of the repeated use of Section 107,” said @stephross.bsky.social. “As soon as workers have some power to actually move their employers, the government steps in.” www.thestar.com/business/air... #canlab

CUPE’s National President Mark Hancock – YYZ – August 16th 2025